The United States of Anxiety Season Three: There's an Election Coming

The United States of Anxiety Season Three: There's an Election Coming

Women gained the right to vote nearly a century ago. Yet, power is still concentrated in the hands of men. In a year that’s seen a surge of female candidates, the question at the heart of the 2018 midterms is: Who is our democracy for?

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The Original Nasty Woman

The Original Nasty Woman

Jeannette Rankin had a belief: That women were essential to the health of our democracy. She became the first woman elected to Congress over a century ago. Now, Kathleen Williams is vying to follow in...

10 Loka 201832min

The 'Indoor Man' and His Playmates

The 'Indoor Man' and His Playmates

Playboy was never just about the pictures or the articles. The magazine helped create a men's liberation movement, founded on the notion that men could have anything they wanted. From Donald Trump to ...

2 Loka 201831min

The Pedestal

The Pedestal

Paula Casey is on a mission. She wants to erect a statue in Memphis dedicated to those who fought for a woman’s right to vote more than a century ago. The problem: There’s a Confederate monument in th...

25 Syys 201827min

We've Been Here Before

We've Been Here Before

When Barbara Mikulski arrived in the Senate, all the podiums were built for men… and so was Washington's power structure. So she changed it. In this episode, Mikulski and three of her female Senate co...

18 Syys 201818min

The Dream Was Not Mine

The Dream Was Not Mine

Jennifer Willoughby was in an abusive marriage. Saily Avelenda was unhappy with her congressman, who'd held office for over two decades without facing a serious contender. They didn’t know they were a...

17 Syys 201836min

The US of Anxiety Wants to Hear from You

The US of Anxiety Wants to Hear from You

A record number of women are running for office this primary season, which means there's a groundswell of energy around targeting female voters with campaign ads. For our next season of the United Sta...

9 Elo 20184min

Introducing ‘Caught’: Our New Podcast

Introducing ‘Caught’: Our New Podcast

America incarcerates more people than any country in the world. It starts with kids. On any given night, roughly 53,000 young people are in some form of lockup. Nearly 60 percent are black or Latino. ...

20 Maalis 201829min

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